Busy Weekend for Men's Soccer

Sep 9, 2017

MONMOUTH/BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – The University of Dubuque men’s soccer team hit the road for the first time this season and suffered their first loss of the year in a 3-1 defeat to Illinois Wesleyan on Saturday and won 3-2 over Monmouth on Sunday.

Sunday, Sept. 10Dubuque, Univ. of 3, Monmouth College 2

How it Happend

-The Spartans came out on the attack from the get go as Edvin Loefren scored in the fourth minute.

-UD would not let off the pedal, scoring two more goals before the game was eight minutes old.

-Monmouth got one of the goals back shortly after in the 11th minute

-Monmouth closed out the scoring in the first half in the 30th minute to make it 3-2 in favor of the Spartans going into the break.

-After a combined nine shots and five goals in the first half from both teams the defense's settled in and there were only four combined shots in the second half.

-In a physical game, there were four yellow cards handed out and one red card.

How it Happened-Illinois Wesleyan struck first early in the eighth minute with a goal from Doug Ballard after a deflection-Illinois Welseyan would add two more goals before halftime in the 27th and 40th minutes-Edvin Loefren got UD on the board in the 59th minute off a free kick from Chris Rigby-UD was outshot 21-9-Chris Rigby and Edvin Loefren each attempted three shots for the Spartans